I was looking for gas powered post hole augers and was having no luck as there seems to be one company that has a monopoly in the US and a search by desibg was fruitless. Ebay's suggestion machine finnaly pulled up what I was looking for in I believe Australia I liked what I saw and the price was right as I looked at the GBP and the converted value in C$ (Canadian Dollars) and started bidding in GBP mindful of the coversion being done and decided on my final bid which I won
GBP 147.98
C $ 267.13
shipping GBP 39.99
C$ 72.19
WONDERFULL!
GBP 187.97 C$ 339.32
tOOK MY INVOICE TO PAY AND TO MY DISMAY PAYPAL CONVERSION WAS .532760 = C$352.82 AN INCREASE IN C$13.50 OVER THE VALUE SHOWN ON MY EBAY AUCTION WON PAGE.! nOW i HAVE THIS EXTRA AMOUNT TO PAY OUT THAT i WAS NOT EXPECTING.
MmY SELER HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS AND OFFERED A GBP10 TO THE SHIPPING COST TO HELP IN THIS MATTER.
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, LESSON LEARNED IF i AM NOT TO TRUST THE EbAY CONVERSION RATE CALCULATOR, BUT THIS HAS NOW GOT ME THINGING WHAT OTHER CALCULATIONS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED (TRUSTED) ARE BEING HANDLED FOR US IN THIS MANNER.
Rob V
